National Emergency Library

Graphic art by Yiying Lu

The National Emergency Library was a temporary collection of books that supported emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries were closed due to COVID-19. The National Emergency Library launched on March 24, 2020, and closed on June 16, 2020.

While the National Emergency Library closed on June 16, the books in the National Emergency Library are available to one borrower at a time using controlled digital lending. Browse our library.

If you’d like to learn more about the National Emergency Library, please read the following: